Eye-shade.



No. 757,854. PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

N. R. WIGKERSHAM.

EYE SHADE. PPPPP OA TION FILED APR. 23, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.

PATENT ()EEICE.

NATHAN R. VVICKERSHAM, OF WEST BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYE-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 757,854, dated April 19,1904,

Application filed April 23, 1903f To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN R. WIoKER- SI-IAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at WVest Bethlehem, in the county of Lehigh, State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Eye-Shades,of which the following is a specification.

, My invention consists of an eye-shade having a band adapted to beapplied to and retained on the head of the wearer so as to prevent theadjacent edge of the shade from contacting with the head and rubbingthereagainst, especially in the movements of the same.

It also consists in forming said piece of material so that it firmlyclasps the head and retains the shade in position and preserves thebowed form of the shade.

. It also consists of novel means for uniting the shade and head-pieceand permitting separation of said parts.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an eye-shade embodying myinvention. Fig.

2 represents a central vertical section thereof,

showing also the shade in position on a head. Fig. 3 represents a viewof the members of the device in separated and flat condition. Fig. 4represents a perspective view, on a reduced scale, of another form of amember of the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a vizor or eye-shade proper, thesame being formed of suitable material and having at the ends thereofthe reduced necks A and the T- heads or tongues B.

C designates a band composed of a piece of pliable material having atthe ends thereof the T-shaped slots 'D, which are adapted toreceive theheads or tongues B, thus connecting the shade and band. It will benoticed that the distance between the opposite heads or tongues is lessthan that between the slots D. Consequently in assembling the parts theheads are successively inserted in the slots, this requiring the bendingof the shade and insertion of the heads into the wide limbs of theslots, after which the necks A ride into the Serial No. 163.897. (N0model.)

narrow limbs of said slots, when the under sides of said heads seatthemselves against the bases of the narrow limbs of said slots, thusinterlocking the ends of the shade with those of the band and firmlyconnecting the parts, it being seen that the band is resilient in itsnature, the shade in a measure partaking of the same, whereby when thedevice is applied in position the band gently but firmly embraces theforehead and side portions of the head, and so retains the shade inplace, it being noticed that the band is interposed between the shadeand head of the wearer, and the upper end of the shade, the edge ofwhich end is concave, bears upon the outer face of the band, the latterthus acting as a guard for preventing direct pressure of the shade uponthe head, avoiding the contact of the edge of the shade with the latter.Again, as the connection of the shade with the band is somewhat yieldingthe shade may be raised and lowered, in which motions the upper part oredge rides and rubs on the band C, the advantage of which is evident.

When service of the shade is not required,

the parts are manipulated to bring the heads B into register with thewide limbs of the slots D, when said heads may be withdrawn through saidslots and the parts are disconnected, after which they may be laid outflat, convenient for carrying, packing, &c., as apparent in Fig. 3. Inorder to prevent any possible separation of the rear open ends 6f theband, a piece E, of elastic, may be connected with said ends, the samealso, if desired, serving to increase the pressure or holding power ofthe band on the head.

In Fig. 4 I show a band C, adapted to pass entirely around the headinstead of being disconnected, as shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the bandbeing provided, respectively, with a tongue, such as B, and slots, suchas D, whereby the ends may be connected and the band adapted for headsof diiferent sizes. In the band. are T-shaped slots D to receive thetongues B of the shade A in order to adjust and hold the latter on theband.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the general spirit of my invention, and I do not,therefore, desire to be limited in each case to the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An eye-shade comprising a band and a separate vizor freely securedthereto, the upper edge of said vizor being movable on the outer face ofsaid band.

2. An eye-shade comprising a band and a vizor, the upper edge of whichis vertically adjustable on said band. 3. An eye-shade comprising a bandand a vizor separate therefrom, the upper edge of said vizor beingconcave, said vizor being secured to said band adjacent its ends andhaving movable contact directly with the outer face thereof.

4. An eye-shade comprising a band and a vi- Zor, the upper edge of whichis concave, said vizor being secured to said band adjacent its ends soas to contact directly with the outer face thereof and to be verticallyadjustable thereon.

5. An eye-shade comprising a band and a separate vizor detachablyconnected therewith, the upper edge of said vizor having moving contactdirectly with the outer face of said band, said band and said vizorbeing of different lengths between their points of separate vizor, saidparts being connected at their ends and said vizor being movable on theouter face of said band.

8., An eye-shade comprising a band and a vizor detachably connectedtogether by means of coacting slots and tongues engageable in saidslots.

9. An eye-shade comprising a resilient band and a separate resilientvizor'detachably connected thereto, whereby the .upper edge of saidvizor has moving contact with the outer face of said band. v

10. An eye-shade comprising aband, aseparate vizor detachably securedthereto and means for retaining said band in position, the upper edge ofsaid vizor being movable on the outer face of said band.

NATHAN R. VVICKERSHAM.

Witnesses:

FRANK. S. BOWER, GRovER G'.,TUTTLE.

